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Pros

For a milky way photography enthusiast, this lens achieves the holy trinity of fast (f1. Works great indoors and in tight spaces to capture more. It is so sharp that in certain cases it gives the overly sharpened in photoshop look.

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Quality


Great construction, great feel, nice function buttons.


Very light and this lens does a extremely good job minimizing distortions.


I tried out the 12-24 gm and just couldn’t get excited about such a big heavy lens with a relatively limited zoom range, esp si...  Read More


All sony lenses from the 1635,1224 and the early aps-c 1018 (1527) @ 12mm in ff f/4's had no pincushion.

Price


Cons: price lol, but you definitely get what you pay for with this lens.


Im usually hesitant with lens that cost close to 2 grand but with this lens i did not disappoint or regret.

Competitiveness


My kit til now was just up to the kit lens and the sony 90mm macro (another great lens).


So much better than the rokinon and samyang.


Second, the micro-contrast is not as good as the zeiss in my opinion.


My other wide angle lens is the sony-zeiss 16-35 f4, this f1.

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  • How are reviewers describing this item?
    great, wide, pretty, good and sharp.
  • Our engine has profiled the reviewer patterns and has determined that there is minimal deception involved.
  • Our engine has discovered that over 80% high quality reviews are present.
  • This product had a total of 107 reviews as of our last analysis date on Jun 5 2024.

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    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    This lens is not only a great apereture range but it is sharp as a tack and lightweight


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    If you want that fish eye effect it tight spaces


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    I would of went for the g master 1224 2


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    If you want to use filters you have to place it behind the lens close to where the sensor meets the lens attachment


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    It requires taking out three screws


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    You can get some really great sunburst effects


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    At its widest opening you get some amazingly sharpy photos


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    I need to take it out for some astrophotography next will update this review after

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